History in English Words by Owen Barfield My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a preeminently readable book of etymology, written by Owen Barfield, friend of C.S. Lewis. This book is not just an isolated series of word histories, but it is also tied in with history history, if that makes sense. Barfield was …
Rebuild and Do Battle
The seed of the serpent, subtle and crafty, Beguiles the good, and then goes for the throat. God made us for mercy, in mercy we conquer. Doubt and despair are the devil’s two fists, So know that no knowledge or notion can save us. The grace of the gospel will guard what we have. …
Heir of Isildur
So I told a friend the other day that I was planning to say something about the Republican presidential field, and then thought today that I might as well do it now. Some of these names are going to start disappearing, and so now’s my chance. The first category below would be candidates that I …
That’s the Ticket
To Make It Do Crunches
“Without the evangelical center, attempts at reform are like assigning a personal trainer to every corpse, in order to escort it to the gym” (Rules for Reformer, p. 201).
7 Questions for Those Who Want Money for People With Minds That Hate . . .
Let me get this straight. 1. You are the group that wants drivers working for FedEx and UPS to be unknowingly carrying around boxes with baby parts in them, babies who were killed for the sake of those parts, AND you want to be the enlightened, progressive group? 2. You are the party that wants …
The Ultimate Contrast
“Adam lost his bride through disobedience at a tree; the last Adam won His bride through obedience on one” (Rules for Reformers, p. 200)
Not the Same as Moving On
“Calling the next iteration of unbelief post-liberalism is like calling someone a post-leper because another finger fell off” (Rules for Reformers, p. 199).
Liberal Like Me
The next video is up. No graphic images this time — just more chilling testimony. I have been saying that one of our central tasks in the unfolding Planned Parenthood mess is to make defenders of the indefensible try to defend it. This can go one of two ways — either they back away from …
Review: Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks: Being a Collection of Sentences, Illustrations, and Quaint Sayings from That Renowned Puritan, Thomas Brooks
Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks: Being a Collection of Sentences, Illustrations, and Quaint Sayings from That Renowned Puritan, Thomas Brooks by Charles H. Spurgeon My rating: 4 of 5 stars Really good. This was a book of quotations from the Puritan Thomas Brooks, selected by Charles Spurgeon. That’s a good business, right there. View …